Category: Singer Songwriter

‘Something to Talk About’ Songwriter Shirley Eikhard Dies

NEW YORK—Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who supplied songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins, and found lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67. Eikhard died Thursday at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario, due to complications from cancer, said publicist Eric Alper….


Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for All Seasons, Dies at 78

LOS ANGELES—Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78. Nesmith, who had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died at home Friday of natural causes, his family said in a statement. Nesmith was…


Iconic Singer/Songwriter and Actor Ed Bruce Dead at 81

Country singer-songwriter and actor Ed Bruce has died in Tennessee, his publicist confirmed. He was 81.